Monday, August 17, 2015

The Trump Effect

The Trump effect

Collective efforts by 17 Republican
candidates to energize the public in their direction have not caught fire
except for one person, Donald Trump. Media programs that lean towards one side of
the aisle or the other are endlessly discussing the Trump effect on the
potential electorate. Core topics from immigration to national health care have
been transformed by an outsider who has placed a new twist on these banal subjects.
Donald Trump has codified his message with a simplicity that resonates across a
gamut of the population. From state fairs to corner stores Trump appears to be
everywhere willing to discuss his message with anyone willing to listen.

Pundits of all stripes continue
to assault this political outsider noting his meteoric rise will crash and burn
in due course. Extensive polls done pre and post the first debate continue to
indicate Trump is firmly planted at the top of each one. With a finesse
reserved to a polished few, the Donald as many call him, easily deflects
questions that deteriorate from his message. From bankruptcy to his position on
women’s issues he discusses the basics while directing the conversation on to
the next subject before fully answering the first one. Consequently some have
become suspicious of him for the profound lack of depth in his answers to
issues others have algorithmically discussed. Nevertheless Trump has been able
to jump over this hurdle by mesmerizing those who come before him noting his
successes while deflating his failures.

In interview after
interview most reporters have gingerly discussed his background and preparation
to become Commander in Chief. As Trump notes he built a vast company which has
tentacles that reach into many areas that a president should have knowledge of.
He wastes no time inferring how poor our American leadership is compared to
that of China, Mexico and other countries. Trump’s major theme is these
countries dump their products here and we send our money there. On immigration
he has echoed an array of proposals to slow the rate of new arrivals and a
methodology to repatriate illegals to their home countries.Many question whether Donald Trump has the
staying power to remain in the race. For now he is on the top of the heap and
continues to defy the logic of the pundits calling for him to fail. The road to
the November 2016 election is long and treacherous. All eyes, presently, are on
the street fighter from New York who does not plan to go down for the ten
count.

"We haven't seen anything like this since Dwight Eisenhower's 'Operation Wetback.'"(It apprehended over one million illegals in 1954/55, and included raids in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago.)

"Even Mitt Romney wasn't this pro-American on immigration." Coulter earlier said "My only quibble [with Trump] is that No 1. it is legal immigrants too.

"And, No. 2, there are no good ones." Ivana and Melania Trump would disagree.On "Hannity" on July 27th, Coulter predicted Trump would win as a third party candidate, and said she wanted to be appointed his Secretary of Homeland Security.

Coulter said “I’ll get it all done before breakfast. I could kind of guess who the criminals are going to be at least 50 percent of the time. There will be no pussyfooting around.

"We’re assimilating you, you’re here and you’re going to be an American. There will be no celebration of Cinco de Mayo. There will be no Ramadan. In fact there won’t even be a Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

"We are an Anglo-Protestant country, and you will learn about the Battle of Valley Forge.”

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